The Kwisatz Herald: 10X AI Founders

The Kwisatz Herald: 10X AI Founders

2/7 Why Your Next Startup Will Only Need One Funding Round - And Why VC's are panicking

Article 2/7 in The AI Transformation Series: 7 Articles on the Future of Business (Startups, VC, Fundraising, SME's, Gig Economy)

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Johny "One" Purple
Jul 23, 2025
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The venture capital industrial complex built its empire on a beautiful lie and paradox:

  • That scaling businesses requires increasingly massive injections of capital across multiple funding rounds.

  • That fairy tale just crashed into the cold mathematics of AI-driven operational efficiency.

Here's what's keeping Sand Hill Road partners awake at 3 AM:

  • The mos…

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